Patient Care Indicators

Surgery

Surgical Infection Prevention	Better than or equal to US average	Near US average (within 10 points)	Worse than US average (greater than 10 points)	N/A - no comparative data
Indicator	Maine Average 2005	US Average 2005	St. Mary's 2005

Prophylactic Antibiotic Received within 1 hour Prior to Surgical Incision	N/A	75%	89%
Prophylactic Antibiotic Discontinued within 24 hours After Surgery End Time	N/A	70%	74%
Antibiotic Selection	N/A	97%
Colorectal surgical patients with immediate Post operative normothermia	N/A	N/A	Begins October 1, 2006
Hair Removal	N/A	N/A	Begins October 1, 2006
DVT	N/A	N/A	Begins October 1, 2006

Surgical Infection Prevention	Better than or equal to US average	Near US average (within 10 points)	Worse than US average (greater than 10 points)	N/A - no comparative data
Indicator	St. Mary's Jan-Mar 2006	St. Mary's Apr-Jun 2006	St. Mary's Jul-Sept 2006
Prophylactic Antibiotic Received within 1 hour Prior to Surgical Incision		91%	92%
Prophylactic Antibiotic Discontinued within 24 hours After Surgery End Time		88%	87%
Antibiotic Selection		84%	94%
Colorectal surgical patients with immediate Post operative normothermia	Begins October 1, 2006		100%
Hair Removal	Begins October 1, 2006		98%
DVT	Begins October 1, 2006

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